Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak. Photo: Simon Walker/UPI/Shutterstock. to break the Brexit deadlock at Stormont after recovering by saying the Irish rugby team 'knocked the hell out of the black and tan'.
The US president confused the New Zealand side with the controversial recruited ex-British soldiers. as reinforcement constables who carried out reprisals against Irish citizens during the bloody Irish War of Independence.
The roar came just hours after Mr Biden's speech in Belfast, which came after dignitaries accused him of hating the UK. DUP politicians, including Arlene Foster, former First Minister.
In his speech to both houses of the Irish Parliament on Thursday, Mr Biden made it clear he misspoke before urging Mr Sunak to persuade DUP to abandon 14-month boycott and return to Stormont.
“I think the UK should work more closely with Ireland in this endeavor,” said Mr Biden, who also urged the UK to work with the EU to support Northern Ireland.
He said the Good Friday Agreement, which created Stormont and was signed 25 years ago this week, still «needed supporters» the day after as he offered the DUP billions of investments in the US to accept a new Brexit deal and return to power-sharing in Belfast. speech.
“Hundreds of US companies are looking to invest but are being cautious because the institutions are not yet in place,” he said in Dublin.
But Mr Biden risked further anger from the DUP by taking a smiling selfie with the former leader Sinn Fein by Gerry Adams.
The US President said he discussed improving cooperation with Ireland, another guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement, with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.
Joe Biden poses for a photo with Jerry Adams Photo: Jerry Adams/Twitter
Speaking afterwards, Mr. Varadkar said, “I think that the governments of the UK and Ireland need to work hand in hand to develop a common strategy when it comes to getting the Good Friday Agreement up and running again and getting the institutions to work.”
Asked if Mr Biden was «anti-British», Mr Varadkar said the president was «very eager to have a strong and special relationship with the United Kingdom», but unions suspect Mr Biden wants a united Ireland.»
“ See my shamrock tie? It was given to me by one of these guys right here. He was a damn good rugby player and he beat the blacks and tans like hell. Oh my God,” Biden said at the Windsor Pub in Dundalk on Wednesday night.
He paid tribute to his distant cousin Rob Kearney, the former Irish rugby player who gave Biden a draw with the Irish team after the team beat the New Zealand rugby team at Soldier Field in Chicago in 2016.
Mr. Biden began his Irish Parliament speech by raising his eyes to the sky and addressing Catherine Eugenia Finnegan, his late mother.
«I wish I could stay longer»
«Well, Mom, you said that it will happen,” he said. «I'm home,» he said in Irish, then added in English, «I just wish I could stay longer.»
“I always have a bit of Ireland around,” Mr. Biden said during an address punctuated by applause and ending with a standing ovation.
“In the Oval Office, I have a rugby ball signed by the Irish rugby team, when they beat the All Blacks,” he stressed, drawing laughter from members of Parliament and the Senate.
Some leaders of Northern Ireland's main political parties were also present, including Michel O'Neill of Sinn Féin, appointed First Minister, but not Sir Geoffrey Donaldson, head of the DUP.
Earlier Thursday, the White House said it was «incredibly clear» that Mr. Biden was referring to all blacks in Dundalk.
There was another awkward moment on Thursday when Mr. Biden was insulted by the President Ireland by Michael D. Higgins Misnich's Bernese Mountain Dog, a celebrity in Ireland.
Misnich, whose name means courage, had previously met Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, but refused to come when Biden beckoned him, and later ran past the leader USA didn't even say hello.
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